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Local & Regional October Events

Local Events 10/1: ON SQL User Group ( www.ohionorthsqlserverug.org ) 10/8: Cleveland .NET User Group ( www.bennettadelson.com/ComingEvents.aspx )  10/10: Cleveland Riak ( http://www.meetup.com/Cleveland-Riak ) 10/12: Techie Family Meet & Play ( http://www.meetup.com/UX-Akron/events/141530432/ ) 10/15: Cleveland WPF User Group ( www.ClevelandWPF.info )  10/16: Software Engineering 101 ( https://swe101october2013.eventbrite.com/ ) 10/16: Hudson Software Craftsmanship ( http://hudsonsc.com )  10/22: Cleveland C#/VB.Net User Group ( www.clevelanddotnet.info )  11/22: Build Highlights ( https://msevents.microsoft.com ) 12/4: Monetization of Real-World Windows Apps ( https://msevents.microsoft.com ) Regional Events 10/23: Azure Dev Camp – Columbus, OH ( https://msevents.microsoft.com/ ) 11/2: CODODN – ( http://cododn.azurewebsites.net ) 11/2: SQL Saturday: Kalamazoo, MI ( http://www.sqlsaturday.com/256/eventhome.aspx ) 11/9: Raleigh Code Camp ( http://codecamp.org/ ) 11/20: Windows 8 &

Object reference not set to an instance of an object when using HTMLEditorExtender

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Question : While working on an AJAX-enabled application, I got "Object reference not set to an instance of an object when using HTMLEditorExtender". How do I fix this? Answer : Add a register page directive referencing the AjaxControlToolKit. This is in addition to the steps mentioned at http://www.asp.net/ajaxLibrary/AjaxControlToolkitSampleSite/HTMLEditorExtender/HTMLEditorExtender.aspx

July 2013 Local and Regional Events

Local Events 7/2: ON SQL User Group (www.ohionorthsqlserverug.org) 7/9: Cleveland .NET User Group (www.bennettadelson.com/ComingEvents.aspx) 7/16: Cleveland WPF User Group (www.ClevelandWPF.info) 7/17: Hudson Software Craftsmanship Group (hudsonsc.com) 7/23: Cleveland C#/VB.Net User Group (www.clevelanddotnet.info) 7/24: Cleveland SharePoint User’s Group (www.sharepointCleveland.com) Regional Events 7/12-13: Codestock – Knoxville, TN (http://codestock.org) 7/19-21: Cleveland GiveCamp – Cleveland, OH (http://clevelandgivecamp.org/) 8/12-14: That Conference-Wisonsin Dells, WI (http://www.thatconference.com/) 8/28-30: DevLink - Chattanooga, TN (http://www.devlink.net) 8/30: CloudDevelop – Columbus, OH (http://www.clouddevelop.org/) 9/15: SQL Saturday – Pittsburgh, PA (http://www.sqlsaturday.com/250/eventhome.aspx)

June 2013 Local and Regional Events

Local Events 6/4: ON SQL User Group (www.ohionorthsqlserverug.org) 6/11: Cleveland .NET User Group (ww.bennettadelson.com/ComingEvents.aspx) 6/14: CLE SharePoint Golf Outing: (http://clesharepointgolfouting.eventbrite.com/#) 6/15: Web SIG: Intro to HTML5 (http://www.gcpcug.org/websig) 6/18: Cleveland WPF User Group (www.ClevelandWPF.info) 6/19: Hudson Software Craftsmanship (hudsonsc.com) 6/25: Cleveland C#/VB.Net User Group (www.clevelanddotnet.info) 6/26: SharePoint User’s Group (www.sharepointCleveland.com) Regional Events 6/1: Pittsburgh Tech Fest (http://pghtechfest.com/) 6/8: SQL Saturday – Columbus (http://www.sqlsaturday.com/217/eventhome.aspx) 7/12-13: Codestock – Knoxville, TN (http://codestock.org) 8/12-14: That Conference - Wisonsin Dells, WI (http://www.thatconference.com/) 8/28-30: DevLink - Chattanooga, TN (http://www.devlink.net)

SQL Server Collation

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Question : I was putting together a small bit of SQL code the other day, and I was running into a bug. While debugging it, I was completely shocked to discover: IF 'a' < 'A' SELECT 'a < A' IF 'a' = 'A' SELECT 'a = A' IF 'a' > 'A' SELECT 'a > A' IF 'a' <> 'A' SELECT 'a <> A' displays only 'a = A'. I investigated and found out that the reason for this result is that the database's collation sequence is set to one of the "CI" values (Case Insensitive). I took a look at a couple of other databases, and they were also "CI". Oddly enough, they were slightly different collation sequence values, but definitely "CI". This includes the [master] database. Yes, I know it could have been configured the other way. That's not the point of this note. Is "CI" the expected standard configuratio